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Craft & living heritage

Basket weaving, materials, livelihoods and practical skills in community and museum settings.

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Culture & Creativity

Binga basket weaving: materials and livelihoods

Research with Tonga women in Ward 7 of Binga connects basket making with livelihoods and the availability of ilala and reeds.

Culture & Creativity

Kambako: skills in a living-history museum

A museum near Malilangwe presents Shangaan heritage through practical demonstrations, raising questions about how living culture is represented.

Culture & Creativity

BaTonga heritage: a museum close to its community

Zimbabwe’s community-museum programme connects heritage with language, local artists and craft, with BaTonga Museum as an early example.

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